# gant
## Breton
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡãnt/

### Etymology 1

From Old Breton cant, from Proto-Celtic *kanta (“together with”). Cognate with Welsh gan (“with; by”).

#### Preposition

gant
* with

##### Inflection

| singular | singular | plural | plural |
| 1 | ganin | 1 | ganimp, ganeomp |
| 2 | ganit | 2 | ganeoc'h |
| 3 m | gantañ | 3 | ganto |
| 3 f | ganti | 3 | ganto |
| imp. | ganeor | ganeor | ganeor |

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Numeral

gant
* Soft mutation of kant.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French guant, from Frankish *want (compare Middle Dutch want, Old High German wantus), from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove”). Cognate with Italian guanto, Spanish guante, and Catalan guant.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gant m (plural gants)
* glove

#### Derived terms

* aller comme un gant
* boîte à gants
* déganter
* gant de boxe
* gant de toilette
* gantelet
* ganter
* ganterie
* gantier
* jeter le gant
* prendre des gants
* ramasser le gant
* relever le gant

#### Descendants

* → Greek: γάντι (gánti)

### Further reading

* “gant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Manx
### Etymology

From English gander. Compare Old Irish ganndal m (“gander”) (modern gandal).

### Noun

gant m (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
* common tern
* gannet, solan goose

#### Derived terms

* gant Arctagh
* gant cadjin
* gant doo
* gant eairkagh
* gant mooar
* gant ny gibbinyn
* gant ommidjagh
* gant ruissagh, gant ruy

### Mutation
## Norman
### Etymology

From Old French guant, from Frankish *want, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove”).

### Noun

gant m (plural gants)
* (Jersey) glove

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan guant, from Frankish *want, from Proto-Germanic *wantuz (“glove”).

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gant m (plural gants)
* glove

## Scots
### Etymology

The verb is possibly derived from Middle English *ganten, from Old English *gānettan, a frequentative of gānian (“to gape, open, open wide; to yawn”) (whence Middle English ganen, gane, gonen), from Proto-West Germanic *gainōn (“to yawn”), from Proto-Germanic *gainōną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape; to yawn”).
The noun is derived from the verb.

### Verb

gant (third-person singular simple present gants, present participle gantin, simple past gantt, past participle gantt) (intransitive)
* To open the mouth wide to breathe; to gasp.
* To yawn.
* (figurative)
** Of a thing: to open wide; to gape.
** To make exaggerated statements.
* (Caithness) To stammer, to stutter.

#### Alternative forms

* gaunt

### Noun

gant (plural gants)
* A yawn.
* (Caithness) A stammer, a stutter.

#### Alternative forms

* gaunt

### References

* ↑ “gant, gent, v., n.$^1$”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
* ↑ Compare “gant | gaunt, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2024.
* ↑ “gōnen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* ↑ “gane, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023.
* ↑ Compare “gant | gaunt, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2024.

## Welsh
### Noun

gant
* Soft mutation of cant.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.